Toy



Fatented Jan. 15, ieaa unites stares mean? CORNEIL RIDDEEHOF, OF NEW'YORK, N. Y.

TOY.

Application filed. July 29, 1822.

toys and more particularly to what I term a ball car, an object of theinvention being to provide a toy having a body, frame, or meme her whichconstitutes in effect a vehicle and in which a propelling ball or sphereis located, which when drawnover the floor will act as a propellingdevice by reason of momentum stored in the ball, and will provide animproved means whereby the body or rather brake members carried by thebody, will check the momentum of the ball when the body is caused toassume an angular po sition from normal.

A further object is to provide a toy of the character stated which notonly gives entertainment and amusement, but enables the operator toexercise skill in manipulating the toy.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations, and arrangement ofparts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings-- Figure 1 is a view in side elevationillustrating one embodiment oi my improved toy.

Figure 2 is a view in longitudinal section showlng the position of theball by dot and dash lines.

Figure 3 is a view of the body with the ball removed.

1 represents a movable body which is of general cylindrical shape havingan enlarged annularly extended base 2 resting on the floor and providedwith an annular external bead 3 at its upper edge. The body 1 is formedwith inwardly projecting curved brake shoes 4 which may be formed bybond ing the metal of the body inwardly by an ordinary stampingoperation, as indicated in the drawings, but my invention is not limitedto particular manner of forming the brake shoes.

5 represents a relatively heavy ball or sphere, which is located in thebody and of slightly less diameter than the body, so that Serial No.578,480.

the ball normally rests upon the floor and is normally spaced from thebrake shoes 4.

A cord 6 is connected to the body 1 preterably by tying the same aroundthe body under the head 3, but it is obvious that the in vention is notlimited to any particular manner attaching the cord, or other flexibledevice 6. v

In operation the toy is caused to move over the floor or other surfaceby exerting a pull on the cord 6 and as said toy moves over the surfacethe frictional contact of the ball 5 with said surface will cause thelatter to roll, and by reason of its weight will store momentum andserve as a propelling means for the body when the pull on the cordceases. I

To check the momentum, it is simplynecesssary to exert a pull on thecordat an angle to the normal pull, or ratherto exert a pull more toward thevertical as indicated in dash lines in Figure 1 to cause a tilting ofthe body 1 and to bring the brake shoes 4 into contact with the surfaceof the ball 5 to check the movement of the latter. By reason of thisconstruction, the toy is under the control of the operator and he cancause the toy to move either by direct- .action of the cord, or by themomentum of the ball, and he can check such momentum by giving adiflierent angular pull to the cord so that in causing the toy to movefrom one place to another he can exercise a certain amount of skill inthe manipulation of the toy. In other words, the operator has completecontrol. over the motion ot the toy by simply changing the angleot thepull of the string.

toward the vertical; as for example, a

slightly upward pull will serve to check the movement of the toy byreason of the triction of the brake shoes 4 against the same.

In the particular toy illustrated no sense of direction is given, as theball may turn freely in any direction, hence the operator can race thetoy into a corner and stop it by the brake action and draw it in anotherdirection. without turning, and to permit this it is necessary that thecord 6 shall fit loosely around the body, which is a preferredarrangement. 7

It is obvious that my invention is applicable to any form of body whicheither has, or has not a fixed direction of motion, and hence I do notwish to limit myself to the particular shape of body indicated butdesire to cover broadly the idea of the propelling ball witl'i meanswhereby the motion the general form and arrangement of parts describedWithout depcarting;- rom my invention, and hence i do not limit myselfto the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to makesuch changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scopeof the appended claims.

I claim:

l. A toy ot the character described. comprising body, a propelling ballin the body and adapted to engage the urtace over Which. it is moved, aflexibl member attached to-the body for moving it and imparting momentumto the ball to cause it to propel the body when the pull on the memberis released, and means torcheckinn; the momentum of theball when thebody is tilted.

2. A; toy of the character described. comprising a body adapted to bemoved over a surface, a. propelling ball loosely fitting Within the bodY en 'a inn' the surface over C C i.

which the body is moved, and brake shoes in the body engaging the ballwhen the body is tilted.

A toy of the character described, comprising a cylindrical body, a. baseon the body adapted to support the same, a ball loosel fit-tin the bodyand restin u'ion J b I v the surface supporting the base, and brakeshoes projected inwardly trom the body and adapted to engage the ballwhen the body is tilted.

4. Ar toy oi": the character described, comprising a cylindrical bocfv,a base on the body adapted to support die same a ball loosely fitting:the body and resting upon the surface supnorting the base brake shoesprojecting inwardly trom the body and adapted "to the ball, When thebody is tilted" a flexible body propellingdevice loosely securedaroiuulthe body whereby the body can turn independently of the flexibledevice.

5. A toy of the character stateth comprising a cylindrical body. a base.on the body. an external bead on the body. a ball loosely housed in thebody. brake shoes in the body normally spaced from the ball, andflexible device loosely secured around the body and under the bead.

6. A toy of the character stated. comprising a spherical rolling member.a cylindrical body in which the said member is located, a. flexibledevice secured to the body and means in the body for checking the moement of the member by a change in th pull on the flexible device in anupward direction.

(.OR'NEIL RIDDERHOF.

